Drury Chambers is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Chambers, commercial. 5 related planning applications.
Drury Chambers
- WRENN ID
- errant-nave-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Chambers, commercial
- Address
- Drury Chambers, 16 and 17, Market Square, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 754 605
- Coordinates
- 52.23758, -0.89672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drury Chambers, located at Nos 16 and 17 Market Square, is a building from the 17th century and later. It features a three-storey stucco front with an ornate entablature supported by fluted Corinthian pilasters that begin at the first floor level. The façade includes five sash windows set within architrave surrounds, with cornices on the first floor and two pediments with console brackets. The ground floor consists of a shop front. Nos 16 to 19, which are consecutive, form a group.
Local climate
Drury Chambers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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